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<br />Congresswoman Diana DeGerte's legislatIon designates as wilderness
<br />49 areas totaling approximately 1.4 million acres. These l311ds are
<br />currently managed or oy..ned by the Bureau of Land Management (1.09
<br />million acres) and National Forest Sef'o1Ce (280.000 acres).
<br />Addinonally, the legislation's boundnies mcJude 20,000 acres ovmed by
<br />the State of Colorado and 2600 acres of pnvately.o~'Tled lands that
<br />would not become wilderness unless acqUired by the federal government
<br />__ ___'.'it!) the consent of the landov."er.
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<br />LA..'il>: Currently, there are 3.3 mllhon acres of''\;lderness designated
<br />in Colorado, mostly on National Forest lands. The Bureau of Land
<br />Management (BUvf) manages another 8.3 million acres. VIrtually none
<br />of which is currently protected as wilderness. When all of the areas In
<br />this proposal are desIgn:lted as v.llderness. roughly 13% ofBLM's land
<br />in the state and another I % or Forest Servtce land w1l1 be added to the
<br />~atlOnal Wilderness Prc:sef'o'atton System. This new acreage amounts to
<br />::% of Colorado's land base of 66 million acres. The legislation does not Cross Mountain
<br />affect ov."ershlp o(state or pnvate lands wIthm wIlderness boundaries.
<br />unless the state or o"",,,er enters mto :10 agreement \\,th the federal government.
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<br />\VATER: The legIslatIon creates a federal resef'o'ed water right for each wilderness area. established as
<br />of the date the legIslation passes and junIOr to all pre.exIsung water claims. The legislation honors all
<br />existing water nghts.
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<br />ACl'n1TIES: Under the \\.'ilderness Act of 1964, development and mechanized activities are prohibited
<br />within designated Wllderness. mcludmg loggmg, road building, new mining, oil and gas drilling, and use
<br />of motonzed and mechanIzed equIpment. All existing mining claims are honored. and livestock grazing,
<br />where previously existing, IS allowed to contmue. Use of wheelchairs, treatment of diseases and insects,
<br />fIre suppressIon acti,,;ties and all forms of non. mechanized recreation are allowed. including hiking,
<br />backpacking, horsepacking, hunting, fishmg, rafting and canoemg, cross-country skiing, and sciennfic
<br />research.
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<br />PARCELS: The follo\\-ing is a list of sites proposed for wilderness designation. APmore detailed
<br />description of each land parcel can be found in the attached materials:
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<br />Adobe Badlands
<br />Bangs Canyon
<br />Beaver Creek:
<br />Black Mtn-Windy Gulcb
<br />Black: Ridge Canyons
<br />Bro'WllS Canyon
<br />Bull C~j'on
<br />BuU Gulcb
<br />Castle Peak
<br />Cold Spring ~fountalD
<br />Cross Canyon
<br />Cross Mountain
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<br />Deep Creek.
<br />DeIIWCe Canyon
<br />Diamond Breaks
<br />Dinosaur Additions
<br />Dolores RiVeT Canyon
<br />Dominguez Canyons
<br />Flal Tops Ad'-ition
<br />Gr.lD.lteCreek
<br />Gr:l.pe Creek
<br />Gre:u Sand Dunes
<br />Gunwsoa Gorge
<br />Hmdies Peak
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<br />Hunter Canyon
<br />Little Book.cliffs
<br />Mares Tail Canyon
<br />Maroon BeUs-Snowmass
<br />McIntyre Hills
<br />McKenna Peak
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<br />The Palisade
<br />Pinyon Ridge
<br />Pl::tUe River Connguous
<br />Redcloud Peak
<br />Rio Gr3.Dde
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<br />Roan Pbtc:au
<br />Roubideau -camel Back.
<br />San Luis Hills
<br />Sewen:iup Mesa
<br />Skull C=k
<br />SI13ggletooth
<br />South Sh3.le llic!g..
<br />Thompson Creek
<br />Troublesome
<br />UI13weep
<br />Vermillion Basin
<br />Weber-Menefee ~ftns
<br />Yampa. River
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